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Balsall Common Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Balsall Street East, Balsall Common, Coventry CV7 7FS · balsallcommonprimary.co.uk · 01676 532254
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Solihull 67%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Solihull Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 665
- 35 over 630 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
- First language not English
- 5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Solihull Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 77 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 77 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 82 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 87 | 86 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 85 | 84 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 85 | 79 | 0.9 | 97% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 3.60 mi5.79 km | |
The council says all on time applicants were offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Solihull it was 67%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Balsall Common Primary School on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Feb 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (197 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 197
- 29% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (12%) with SEND